FOOD & CUISINE
Cold Comforts
Story & Photography by PIE RIVERA Tutti Frutti Photos by MIKE CABALLES
Tutti-Frutti now serving in the
Philippines!
Julie Powell played by Amy Adams from the hit and scrumptious movie Julie and Julia said and wrote on her blog“ is there anything more comforting than butter?” She utterly loved butter whisked into her ingredients creating satiating dishes. For my part, I am a selfconfessed chocoholic day in and day out. But when we talk about cold comforts – made from dairy products that have been chilled, that’ s a different story – even with coughs, there were times when I could not help but give in to temptation.
Buzbox Scrambles
Much to my surprise, I first saw a kiosk of the reincarnation of scramble in SM North Edsa early last year. As I child, I used to enjoy eating scramble when visiting my relatives in Pasay City – scramble was in the same league as Dirty Ice Cream – the sellers had a moving cart and would advertise what they were selling by shouting.
Today scramble has evolved – from its plain pink-colored crushed ice with sugar, now one serving is topped with powdered milk, cherry-colored syrup, chocolate-flavored syrup and you can actually choose from a number of toppings to add – chocolate chips, chocolate sprinkles, mini-marshmallows, and a whole lot more.
Of the kiosks that I have seen in malls in Quezon City, Makati and Parañaque, BuzBox Scrambles in SM MOA actually reminds me of the olden days of scramble. This one caters to the sunset audience of Manila Bay, thus a moving cart was necessary. Three men, armed with their pink-colored crushed ice in a thermo-container, two syrups and several toppings, they march along the concrete sea-wall and stop to serve every customer with any of their three sizes – small at Php10, medium at Php14 and large at Php17 and Php4 for every topping added. Not bad, for a quick cold rush.
Spike’ s Frozen Treats
How can I not like Spike’ s Frozen Treats? For one, it reminds me of my favorite stuffed animals – their logo has an adorable bear with a scarf, holding a cup of sundae. Their stall at SM MOA has a life-size bear inviting you to try their frozen treats. What’ s more? Their serving sizes are termed on how my own“ beary family” is termed – baby bear means
Your old time fave‘ scramble’ just got revamped
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